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How Expedia's homepage design evolved to today's full revamp
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How Expedia's homepage design evolved to today's full revamp
By Sean O'Neil | March 25, 2014
Online travel agency Expedia.com today unveiled a fresh homepage design for its US website. The... Read More
Where is Google heading next? [VIDEO]
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Where is Google heading next? [VIDEO]
By Kevin May | March 25, 2014
Electric cars, balloon-housed wifi networks, future of search and people being always connected -... Read More
Doubletree Global Head talks tech, expansion, Cookie Care and Airbnb [VIDEO]
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Doubletree Global Head talks tech, expansion, Cookie Care and Airbnb [VIDEO]
By Nick Vivion | March 24, 2014
Doubletree Global Head John Grenleaf sat down with Bloomberg to talk about the company's continued... Read More
Marketing watch: Promoted Pins very close to launch on Pinterest
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Marketing watch: Promoted Pins very close to launch on Pinterest
By Nick Vivion | March 24, 2014
Pinning trailblazers Pinterest are forging into unchartered terrain: that of paid advertising. The... Read More
How to win, manage and optimise Hotel Prices Ads on Google
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How to win, manage and optimise Hotel Prices Ads on Google
By Viewpoints | March 24, 2014
As we all know, Google entered the hotel metasearch game with the introduction of Google Hotel Price... Read More
Travelocity draws in dreamers on Twitter and Instagram with #iwannago campaign
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Travelocity draws in dreamers on Twitter and Instagram with #iwannago campaign
By Nick Vivion | March 21, 2014
Travelocity recently took to Twitter and Instagram to splash out on a multi-week brand campaign under... Read More
How to reach travelers on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
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How to reach travelers on Facebook [INFOGRAPHIC]
By Nick Vivion | March 21, 2014
Native advertising specialists Ampush has compiled some of statistics on how Facebook users engage... Read More
Travel brands and bloggers beware - understanding the legitimate guest post
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Travel brands and bloggers beware - understanding the legitimate guest post
By Viewpoints | March 21, 2014
Guest blogging is dead, declared Matt Cutts, Google’s head of webspam team in January. Citing the fact... Read More
Are these eight of the most social media-friendly hotels in the world?
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Are these eight of the most social media-friendly hotels in the world?
By Karthick Prabu | March 21, 2014
In the classification of hotels by type - airport hotels, beachfront hotels, downtown hotels, etc -... Read More
WEBINAR VIDEO: How to drive business with travel data intelligence
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WEBINAR VIDEO: How to drive business with travel data intelligence
By Kevin May | March 20, 2014
A traveler's research starts long before booking flights, hotels and activities - it starts with... Read More
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